Speaking of Cults
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Speaking of Cults
A podcast about cults, coercive control and recovery. Formerly called the Sensibly Speaking podcast, in this weekly show host Chris Shelton interviews cult survivors, psychologists and other professionals and specialists about the topics of cult recruitment, retention and recovery. This also include...
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Speaking of Cults...Chase Hughes and the NLP Grift with Zach Elwood
This week I welcome Zach Elwood, host of the People Who Read People podcast and a very fun guest to discuss the entrepreneurship of influence that is...
Speaking of Cults...The Religion/MAGA Connection with Jennie Gage
This week I welcome Jennie Gage, an ex-Mormon/MAGA/trad wife who has a story to tell about her upbringing in the Mormon world, how she was literally t...
Speaking of Cults...Growing Up a Witness with Bethany Leger
This week I welcome Bethany Leger, host of the Stop the Shunning podcast and a former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. She has a few interesting twi...
Speaking of Cults...Let's Talk Cult Recovery with Michael Shemwell
This week I welcome Michael Shemwell, host of the Shunned podcast and a former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. We met while filming the Jubilee pro...
The Problems of Growing Up in Scientology with Pamela Williams
This week I welcome back Pamela Nickel Williams, whose new memoir about her time growing up in and around Scientology has now been released. Pam has q...
Speaking of Cults...The Occult Roots of Nazism and Scientology
This week I welcome back podcast favorite Jon Atack to discuss his brand-new book, "If Scientology Ruled the World: Nazi Occultists, Sex Magick, Space...
Speaking of Cults...The Secret History of the Mormon Church
This week I welcome back Bryce Blankenagel and Shannon Grover to discuss events the Mormon Church would rather you don't know about. There's a lot and...
Speaking of Cults...The Cult Foundations of the United States ft. Jane Borden
This week I welcome author Jane Borden, who recently published Cults Like US about the cult roots of American society and how these have perpetuated t...
Speaking of Cults...Why Smart People do Dumb Things (REM Model again)
This week I am revisiting the REM Model (TM) and discussing more real-world examples of how it might be used to help figure out or understand ourselve...
Speaking of Cults...Why Diddy Got Away With It
In this week's shorter-than-usual podcast, I give a full rundown on the indictment and trial of Sean Combs and why it was that he completely got away...
Speaking of Cults...Your 30-Minute Guide to Understanding Cultic Belief (The REM Model)
Here is your explanation for why people act the way they do, why people join and stay in cults and why people will fight to the death for some of the...
Speaking of Cults...Abuse in the Community of Jesus ft. Ewan Whyte
This week I welcome Ewan Whyte, a man who grew up in an incredibly abusive Christian Nationalist group called the Community of Jesus and who was sent...
Speaking of Cults...Escaping Fundamentalist Mormonism ft. Pamela Jones
Imagine being born into slavery in Mexico as a female in a Mormon polygamist cult that treats all women like chattel, not good for anything but doing...
Speaking of Cults...Cult Recovery is a Rocky Road
This week I am bringing back Jason Horvatic, a former Scientologist who came out publicly about two years ago and had some contentious views and state...
Speaking of Cults...Breaking the Spell of Religion with Dr. Moe
This week I am welcoming back Dr. Maurice Turmel aka "Dr Moe" to discuss religious trauma and his new book on the subject. We go over a number of key...
Speaking of Cults...Project Esther - The Modern U.S. Crusade
I'm posting this bonus podcast mid-week since I didn't want to delay getting this information and interview with Dr. Clint Heacock out to you. Project...
Speaking of Cults...How to Get Someone Out of a Cult (for real)
This week I welcome Patrick Ryan, a cult intervention specialist who has been working in the field for 40 years and definitely knows what he's talking...
Speaking of Cults...Don't Let the Pseudoscience Bug Catch You!
This week I welcome back Dr. Jonathan Stea, author of "Mind the Science" and a real pleasure to talk to about the harms and pitfalls of science denial...
Speaking of Cults...Why Cult "Deprogramming" is Bad with Ashlen Hilliard
This week I welcome back cult intervention specialist Ashlen Hilliard to discuss the perils and vagaries of cult interventions, deprogramming, the bac...
Speaking of Cults...Radical Honesty is a Pack of Lies
This week I welcome Jura Glo, a survivor of a group called Radical Honesty, which takes honesty to an extreme level that is more suited to the needs o...
Speaking of Cults...How the Mormon Church Enables Abuse and Homophobia
Following on last week's podcast abut the Troubled Teen Industry, this week I am joined again by Bryce Blankenagel and Shannon Grover to go deep on wh...
Speaking of Cults...The Troubled Teen Industry with Meg Appelgate
This week I welcome Meg Appelgate, founder of Unsilenced.org and a survivor of the "troubled teen industry" - a loose network of abusive labor traffic...
Speaking of Cults...Is "America First" a Political Cult?
This week I welcome back Dr. Clint Heacock, a former Evangelical minister turned whistleblower and we discuss the current White House administration,...
Speaking of Cults...Dianetics and Cult Control
This week I finally welcome back Jon Atack for his first appearance in this version of my podcast. We had a lot to discuss with the May 9th anniversar...
Speaking of Cults...What is the Deal with Mormon Underwear?
This week I welcome back Shannon Grover and Bryce Blankenangel to discuss the typical Mormon experience, leading (of course) to us diving right into t...
Speaking of Cults...Philosophy in Cult Recovery
This week's show is meant for cult survivors and those who care about them. It's a short and hopefully educational discussion of some things I've lear...
Speaking of Cults...Good Sex and Bad Groups
This week, I welcome Cara Cordoni, a sex-positive coach, and Dave Booda, to discuss how groups such as the tantric sexual healing group ISTA use the s...
Speaking of Cults...Writing Your Cult Trauma Away with Gerette Buglion
This week, I welcome cult survivor, author and consultant Gerrette Buglion to discuss her work, cults in general, and the healing power of writing. Th...
Speaking of Cults...The Myth of Personal Transformation
This podcast was meant to be posted on March 22 but somehow disappeared from the audio lineup, so I'm re-posting it now. This very short episode focus...
Speaking of Cults...Is the United States a Cult Now?
This week, we are back to a very short show as I decided that I would put my expertise to work to try to give some very practical advice on what to do...
Speaking of Cults...What the Mormons Can Teach Us about Organizing a Cult
One thing I know my audience appreciates is the fact we are not afraid to go deep into the details of what goes on in cults and today is a big one. We...
Speaking of Cults...Let's Talk about Grant Cardone
This week by request I am interviewing Ben John, an entrepreneur and social media personality who was taken in by Grant Cardone's 10X MLM-like scheme,...
Speaking of Cults...Is Wokeism a Cult?
By popular demand, I am taking this week to honestly but maybe with a little snark look at the question of whether "wokeism" is a cult. Let's be hones...
Speaking of Cults...Is America Becoming a Cult of Obedience?
This podcast is NOT a rant about any cult of Trump, but the fact I even have to lead with that is a sign of what this podcast is all about. This week...
Speaking of Cults...Mormonism and Compliance Culture
This week I welcome back Bryce Blankenagel and Shannon Grover, two former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In our second di...
Speaking of Cults...Has a Cult Taken Over US Politics?
This week I discuss the fact of Christian Nationalism in the United States and the long-term evolution of what has become a disturbing ideological for...
Speaking of Cults...What is Mormonism?
This week I welcome Bryce Blankenagel and Shannon Grover, two former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They not only have pe...
Speaking of Cults...Healthy Sex after Leaving a Cult ft. Jeremiah Gibson & Julia Postema
This week I welcome Jeremiah Gibson and Julia Postema, certified and licensed sex therapists on the East Coast who help me understand honesty, opennes...
Speaking of Cults...The Post-Truth World is Making Us All Culty
This week I am breaking down the exact reasons why we are living in a post-truth crisis that is quite literally tearing apart the social fabric of our...
Speaking of Cults...Parasocial Relationships and Social Media
This week we posted the audio stream a little later than usual because we did something special - a live podcast. This particular subject of parasocia...